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Isabella Esmeralda Preston is the Daughter of Chanel Flores and Kyle Preston from Mesa, Arizona. Isabella was diagnosed with CDH October 18th 2011 at only 21 weeks old. After weeks of non-stop phone calls and research, Isabella was accepted as a candidate for Hydrogel Tracheal Occlusion surgery in St. Louis, Missouri. She underwent in-fetal surgery on December 10th, 2011 while still inside her mom and was born on January 7th, 2012 at 32 weeks old. 23 hours later on January 8th, Isabella passed away in her parents arms after a hard fight with Pulmonary Hyper-Tension. This blog was created in loving memory of our daughter and to raise awareness of CDH and the effects it has on families. Please feel free to leave comments or questions or click on the Contact Us link.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Impossibilities
It is hard to find things to write about anymore. It is almost like a writers block. I look at websites or Facebook at the other people who struggle with CDH children and it reminds me or Missouri and all those days spent in a hospital room. The day after Isabella's funeral was the start of a new college semester for me. Staying on task and focused never was this difficult. Math seems more difficult, chemistry more distant and psychology more confusing. As my father offered a prayer during the funeral service he stated how Isabella had left an imprint on his life. It makes me ponder and reflect on just how much she made an impact on mine. Now we worry about bills to pay, cars that need fixing and tuition that needs to paid, but our the memory of our daughter is just as present. Chanel and I are getting married in February and although we try moving forward with our lives it is difficult. Chanel still struggles through these hard times, and breaks down in tears without warning. It always seems to catch me off guard but I know how she feels. This is the saddest experience either one of us has gone through so far in our young lives. The death of a loves one who had so much to give and gave as much as she could the short time she was with us. It is nothing short of heartbreaking. Yet here are, our meaningless day to day challenges causing us to push on with life. To continue to try to live our lives to their fullest while maintaining our sanity. It is not easy, but it is not impossible.
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We just want you to know that you guys are in our thoughts and prayers still, and will continue to be. We know how hard this time must be for you guys. There will always be an emptiness that will never go away until you are with her again. Just know and remember that little Isabella will always be with you.
ReplyDeleteAbe & Grace Payne
We just want you guys to know that you are still in our thoughts and prayers and will continue to be. We know how hard this time must be for you. There will always be an emptiness until we are with our sweet babies again. Just know and remember that little Isabella will always be with you.
ReplyDeleteAbe & Grace Payne
Please know you are not forgotten just because your Angel is back in heaven... You are all still in our Prayers and our thoughts are with you daily..
ReplyDeleteYou have come through this huge trial and life will only get easier from now on..Cleave unto each other and never let each other go.. You have a child to raise in the Eternities... .. Bless you both xxx